Rebecca Williams is an Associate Professor at the University of South Wales. She has published widely on media fandom, media tourism, Disney, and themed spaces. Her books include Animation: Key Films/Filmmakers: Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas (Bloomsbury, 2025), Theme Park Fandom (Amsterdam University Press, 2020), Post- Object Fandom (Bloomsbury, 2015), Everybody Hurts: Transitions, Endings, and Resurrections in Fan Cultures (University of Iowa Press, 2018), and A Fan Studies Primer: Method, Research, Ethics (University of Iowa Press, co- edited with Paul Booth, 2021). She is currently co-editing a book titled Pikachu’s Transmedia Adventures: The Continuing Adaptability of the Pokémon Franchise, and engaged in ongoing research into media tourism, and themed and immersive entertainment.

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https://pure.southwales.ac.uk/en/persons/rebecca-williams/

Keywords
Fan Studies; Participatory Cultures; Fan Hierarchies; Buffy the Vampire Slayer